On the front page of the Daily Express, a British newspaper affiliated with the conservative right, a severely malnourished Gazan child was pictured earlier this week alongside the headline: "For pity's sake, stop this now." The subheadline said: "The suffering of little Mohammed, clinging to life in the hell of Gaza, is a disgrace to us all."

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